A Tale of Two Teams, Part 1
As I type this post, the Warriors have lost their last 2 games, both at home. They’ve also lost 6 of their last 8 and 12 of their last 17. Their record since opening the new year up with a win against...
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Best Ever?
Alright so really who is the best basketball player ever? If you wanna talk rings, its Bill Russell. He played 13 years in the NBA and won 11 rings in those years. Thats crazy! You must make the case...
View ArticleOf Numbers and the Importance of Context
This post was inspired by an attempt to watch a Google+ Hangout featuring a number of young basketball bloggers. Granted, for the most part, they’re very young, but much of what was discussed in the...
View ArticleThe Utah Jazz Really Hate Raja Bell
Don’t mess with Utah. It’s not just Sundance film festivals, snow-capped spring mountains and Mormons in Utah. Deep within the crevices of this moral metropolis lies a fiendish thirst for revenge over...
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Was Dahntay’s Defense Dirty?
Last night, the Lakers lost a close game in Atlanta, 96-92. Looking at the box score, it’s just yet another road loss vs a .500+ team, where the Lakers are now just 2-16. But the end of that game is...
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Delonte West: Craziest Player in the NBA?
Professional sports highlight the heroic. Champions emerge and save the day. Dynasties of power, talent and money to burn lay waste to the weak in any given sport. We cheer our heroes on and bleed when...
View ArticleOklahoma City Rolls
The Oklahoma City Thunder are rolling and wins are piling up. Why? Thunder coach Scott Brooks is getting his team to play the right way and no one has found a way to stop them, especially the scoring...
View ArticleSunday
Ahh, just like a regular workday, although it’s Sunday, I expect today’s games to be just as entertaining as any other day. The Clippers are playing the New York Knicks, so expect the Clippers to run...
View ArticleWarriors Prospective Playoff Opponents
These days, everyone seems to be high on the Denver Nuggets. They’ve won 13 straight, including a 2nd game of a back-to-back road win against the Thunder in Oklahoma City, and are now just percentage...
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The Surging Denver Nuggets
With the Miami Heat taking all of the attention these days due to there ridiculous winning streak, you may not be aware of another amazing winning streak in a much harder conference. The Denver...
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NBA Memoires: “Bryant…to Shaq!”
After I missed out on the historic Slam Dunk Contest in February, I started to watch NBA games on the test channel. My parents thought I was the most pathetic thing ever and decided to get ‘Canal+’. A...
View ArticleCarlos Boozer Punches Ref Danny Crawford In The Nuts
Mistakes happen. Uncontested dunks hit the back of the rim and bounce off. Players forget the shot clock is running down and hold on to the ball too long. Lamar Odom played a lost season with the...
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Lakers Get Must Win, Look to Regain 8th Spot
(Stephen Dunn/Getty Images) By Kevin R. Linares The Lakers beat the Dallas Mavericks in the Staples Center 101 to 81 in a must win game for Los Angeles. Coming into the game the Lakers were a game and...
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Lakers Recap
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Sacramento Kings on Friday 103 to 98. The Lakers continue to have their injury problems but were able to get the win. Steve Nash re-injured his right hamstring and...
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Lakers Win Over Grizzlies
(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) By Kevin R. Linares The Los Angeles Lakers got a much needed win at the Staples Center against the Memphis Grizzlies beating them 86 to 84. With only six games remaining...
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Lakers In Tight Spot
(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) By Kevin R. Linares The Los Angeles Lakers find themselves in a tight spot trying to win the 8th and final spot of the western conference playoffs. Losing to their rivals,...
View ArticleWhat next, Lakers? The days ahead.
As we come to the end of the NBA 2012/13 season, the postseason entrants are slowly but surely emerging. What of the mighty Los Angeles Lakers, holders of sixteen NBA Championship banners? Yes, the...
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Lakers Finally Win Back to Back
(AP Photo/Don Ryan) By Kevin R. Linares The Los Angeles Lakers have managed to do something they have not been able to do all season, that is to win back to back games. It could not have come at a...
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Lakers Escape in Must Win But Lose Kobe
(Richard Mackson/USA Today) By Kevin R. Linares The Los Angeles Lakers barely escaped with a victory beating the Golden State Warriors 118 to 116. The Lakers managed to hold off the Warriors, who are...
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Whats Next For Lakers?
(@KobeBryant on Instagram) By Kevin R. Linares. Kobe Bryant is expected to be sidelined for 6 to 9 months to recover from surgery which was been successful and completed around 4 p.m. on Saturday by...
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